Eutychians at Ephesus; but was again restored by the general council of Chalcedon, in which he was present, in 451. It is thought that he died soon after; though others say that he lived till the year 457. There are still extant Theodorus's excellent Commentary on St Paul's Epistles, and on several other books of the Holy Scriptures. 2. His Ecclesiastical History from the time of Arius to Theodosius the Younger. 3. The History of the famous Anchorites of his time. 4. Epistles. 5. Discourses on Providence. And, 6. An excellent treatise against the Pagans, entitled, De Curandis Graecorum Afflictibus; and other works. The best edition of all which is that of Father Sirmond in Greek and Latin, in 4 vols folio.

THEODOSIUS I., called the Great, was a native of Spain. The valour he had shown, and the great services he had done to the empire, made Gratian, when attacked by the Goths and Germans, to admit him as a partner in the government. He received the purple in 379, aged 43. See CONSTANTINOPLE, n° 77—88.

THEOGONY, from θεός, God, and γονή, "feed, offspring," that branch of the heathen theology which taught the genealogy of their gods.

Hefiod gives us the ancient theogony in a poem under that title. Among the most ancient writers, Dr Burne observes that theogony and cosmogony signified the same thing. In effect, the generation of the gods of the ancient Persians, fire, water, and earth, is apparently no other than that of the primary elements.